The Afghanistan Cricket Board has eliminated Asghar Afghan from the captaincy of the nationwide crew, accusing him of dropping a Test match in opposition to Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi in March.
The ACB stated in a press release on Monday that “certain decisions by Afghan as captain of the team resulted in Afghanistan’s loss to Zimbabwe in the first Test of the series.”
The ACB didn’t spotlight any particular choices made by Afghans through the match, however stated the choice to take away him from the captaincy was taken on the premise of “an investigation by the ACB’s investigation committee”.
Zimbabwe defeated Afghanistan by 10 wickets within the first Test inside two days, earlier than Afghanistan received the second Test by six wickets to stage the sequence.
Left-handed batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi was appointed as the brand new Test and ODI captain, whereas Rahmat Shah can be Shahid’s deputy in each codecs.
Top-order Twenty20 leg-spinner Rashid Khan was named the vice-captain for the T20Is whereas the ACB stated it will quickly announce the captain for the format.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
